Two killed near Israeli-occupied area in south Lebanon

SaveSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkA worker helps with the annual olive harvest in the southern Lebanese village of Jebchit near Nabatieh on October 11, 2026 [AFP]By AFPPublished On 11 Oct 202611 Oct 2026Two men have been killed in southern Lebanon’s Bint Jbeil district while taking part in an annual olive harvest, according to Lebanese state media and local authorities, as attacks by Israel continue.One of the men died Sunday in the village of Froun from a munition left behind by recent fighting and the other in Yater as a result of Israeli shelling that “targeted the outskirts of the town while he was inspecting his land and olive harvest”, according to the official National News Agency (NNA).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Lebanese are watching Israel’s upcoming election, but few expect changelist 2 of 3Syria denies officials held ‘secret’ talks with Hezbollah in Turkiyelist 3 of 3‘Dire situation’: Lebanese prisoners on hunger strike for 18 daysend of listThe Lebanese army blamed Israeli tank fire and called the ongoing attacks “a flagrant breach of existing agreements”.Afterwards, the Yater municipality urged residents “to avoid the outskirts of the town and refrain from crossing the earthen barrier separating some unsafe neighbourhoods” for fear of Israeli attacks.In Froun, the NNA reported that “a foreign object” left over from previous Israeli operations exploded and killed the man, who was an engineer, as he and others tended their trees.The engineer had come down from Beirut, where he lives, for the harvest, Froun mayor Hassan Bazzi told AFP.The incident prompted local residents to call off the harvest and wait for “the Lebanese army to complete the decontamination of the village”, Bazzi said. Displaced peopleSince an agreement between Lebanon and Israel was struck in June, violence in the south has lessened, but not stopped.Lebanon was pulled into conflict on March 2, when Hezbollah struck Israel in support of Tehran during the US-Israel war on Iran. Subsequently, Israel launched a bombing campaign and a ground invasion that authorities say have killed more than 4,300.In August, Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam accused Israel of intentionally targeting homes and civilian infrastructure across the country. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) recorded nearly 350,000 internally displaced people in late August, a sign of the worsening displacement crisis.One of the volunteers from Lebanon’s northernmost province of Akkar and the city of Sidon takes part in an olive-picking initiative in the southern Lebanese village of Jebchit near Nabatieh on October 11, 2026 [AFP]Volunteers from the nearby town of Jebchit and locals came to help their southern neighbours with the harvest in an act of solidarity.“From north to south, one people and one land,” said organiser Ahmad Chahhal.